Inspiration & Exploration

Personal Reflections

Solitude and companionship Discerning which and when No easy task Like birds carried with the wind Content with the journey No pre-determined destination Darkness’ vortex pulled Yet a ray of sun reached out Solace was found in a…

Why are we? The times were hard and the place was not a tourist location Physical and mental exhaustion was the price Consuming flames the reward We should have been contained to that desolate space Yet across the vastness of…

Knowledge of another is limited by what they choose to reveal Yet what remains hidden also provides clues Neither of us have shown all that we are Heck, I am still striving for self-honesty You, you do…

Perhaps this is why we feel so drawn to trees. Groves of redwoods and beeches are often compared to the naves of great cathedrals: the silence; the green, filtered, numinous light. A single banyan, each with its multitude of trunks,…

“We are not merely imperfect creatures who need to grow, but also rebels who need to lay down our arms.” – C.S. Lewis. The Problem of Pain (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001), 88. IMPERFECT Dared not admit to, no not…

The Anemoi are creating havoc. Boreas and Zephyr are in disagreement: What weather they should cause the groundhog to foreshadow? The Nephelines delight in their fight and shroud the heavens in clouds Zeus will not tolerate their impertinence; neither will…

Humbled, I alternate between anxiety and calm I remind myself to relax and forgive and to love (myself also). It is so hard when I realize foolish pride put up barriers to the one I love, Knowing that my…